''The Mendip Mystery'' is a 1929

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by the Irish-born writer

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. It was the fifth of seven novels in his series featuring the character of Colonel Wyckham Gore, one of the most prominent investigators during the early stages of the

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.Reilly p.198 It was published in America with the

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of ''Murder at the Inn''.

Synopsis

Colonel Gore is due to meet a client at a lonely

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located in the

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. While there a variety of strange and disturbing events happen, culminating in the murder of a local landowner Louis Tanquered. Gore's initial investigations seem to demonstrate that events long in the past led to the killing.

References

Bibliography

* Athill, Robin. ''Mendip, a New Study''. David and Charles, 1976. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015.

External links

Full text of ''Murder at the Inn''
(U.S. edition) at HathiTrust Digital Library 1929 British novels British mystery novels British thriller novels Novels by Lynn Brock Novels set in Somerset British detective novels William Collins, Sons books Harper & Brothers books Irish mystery novels category:Irish detective novels {{1920s-mystery-novel-stub Mystery novels set in England